The inaugural camping trip with the 1963 Shasta Compact travel trailer was this past Saturday into Sunday ( Read more... )

Today's project: decorate the trailer's canvas awning ( Read more... )

I think I have a problem. After I got home last night (after work, followed by a Mom visit, followed by a therapy appointment*), I sat for a few hours at the dining room table, sewing an awning for the trailer. If my design works, it will be nice, and I am excited to see if it will be so. I left the work unfinished last night at a reasonable ( Read more... )

Life continues apace, but it is a somewhat lonely pace. It occurs to me that all I ever have to talk about to anyone (besides work) is old trailer renovation. It’s certainly all I do with my free time, these days. I would actually like the free time to start being about USING it, rather than FIXING it ( Read more... )

It’s a really slow day today, so I have a little time to write ( Read more... )

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Productive weekend, this ( Read more... )

I'm posting this more as a record of progress made adding a "wet bath" (a toilet/shower combo) to our 1963 Shasta Compact travel trailer. Some day I hope to look back on these posts and marvel that I had the chutzpah to undertake such an ambitious project ( Read more... )

On Friday, the Plymouth went away to its new home. It was definitely a melancholy moment. So many memories are associated with it! I drove it to Manhattan once, about 2 hours each way, and we were all seasick from the ride by the time we got home. I've driven it for weddings, proms, and as a daily commuter. I remember driving it home one night ( Read more... )

After four years of (essentially) not moving, this rainy weekend I started the 1937 Plymouth, the car I've had since 1984 ( Read more... )